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I was queer. The queerness they couldn't even get around
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

I was queer. The queernessthey couldn't even get around

I was queer. The queerness
they couldn't even get around

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I was queer. The queerness they couldn't even get around.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:00
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Push It Productions,Union Editorial,Brian Graden Media

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Movie Summary

A feature length documentary that explores the history of LGBTQ+ stand up comedy, considering its importance as an instrument for social change over the past five decades.
They wanted something that they could understand, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
They wanted something that they could understand,
"Listen, there's a problem." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:13
"Listen, there's a problem."
{\an8}Queer people on television face this weird conundrum - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:26
{\an8}Queer people on television face this weird conundrum
Our nation's policy toward homosexuals in the military. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
Our nation's policy toward homosexuals in the military.
In the country, it was the sense that things were bad and getting worse, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
In the country, it was the sense that things were bad and ge...
We're here. We're queer. We're feminists. Don't mess with us. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
We're here. We're queer. We're feminists. Don...
We don't have time for, like, incremental progress. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
We don't have time for, like, incremental progress.
You just have to, like, throw down right now. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:04
You just have to, like, throw down right now.
{\an8}The AIDS crisis made activists out of people, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:12
{\an8}The AIDS crisis made activists out of people,
I think my favorite activist group was from the '80s, and they were ACT UP. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:05
I think my favorite activist group was from the '80s, a...
And they had a great slogan, which was "silence equals death." - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:14
And they had a great slogan, which was "silence equals ...
Queer comedy is really - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:08
Queer comedy is really
Trauma in the form of homophobia, trauma in the form of racism, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:11
Trauma in the form of homophobia, trauma in the form of raci...
So after I didn't become a television star, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
So after I didn't become a television star,
I wanted to find my audience. I wanted to find my group. - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:06
I wanted to find my audience. I wanted to find my group.
I was able to create my own comedy shows - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
I was able to create my own comedy shows
I went through this whole thing. You know, I was like, "Am I gay?" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
I went through this whole thing. You know, I was like, "...
First time I watched Margaret Cho, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:09
First time I watched Margaret Cho,
I love the word "faggot" - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:07
I love the word "faggot"
It was like, "Oh, gay people exist, - Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution 00:10
It was like, "Oh, gay people exist,